AFC Champions League: Group Stage between Pohang Steelers and Wuhan Three Towns

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Wed 04.Oct
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Steelyard Stadium (25000 seats)

Wuhan Three Towns have traveled here for an interesting AFC Champions League fight against Pohang Steelers. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!

It's no vacation for neither Pohang Steelers nor Wuhan Three Towns as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Pohang Steelers form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Steelyard Stadium as Pohang Steelers have scored 30 goals to get 37 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the K-League Classic are 11-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Zeca was the last player to score a league goal for Steelers and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Pohang Steelers haven't scored in 225 minutes. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper In-Jae Hwang not having conceded a league goal in 416 minutes.

Pohang Steelers's previous match was a AFC Champions League game also played at their home, ending 3-1 against Wuhan Three Towns. The home team hope to to continue in that form. The forward Zeca outshone all the other players in that game and was awarded a match rating of 9.01 out of 10. Zeca scored two goals and hit three key passes.

Before that, Pohang Steelers drew at home versus Ulsan.

Pohang Steelers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Steelyard Stadium with 30 goals in 17 league matches. On the other hand, Steelers have conceded 18 goals.

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Wuhan Three Towns form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.

Two away matches in a row for Wuhan Three Towns, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 vs Pohang Steelers in the AFC Champions League. Liu was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.14. The defender Liu served one assist, hit two key passes and won 7 of 11 duels.

Prior to that match, the Wuhan Three Towns manager Takahata faced defeat when travelling to Shandong Luneng and losing 1-2.

The travelling fans enjoy Wuhan Three Towns's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 13 league matches away. As opposed to that, Wuhan have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the sides met previously this campaign; Pohang Steelers - Wuhan Three Towns 3-1. Zeca loves to meet Wuhan Three Towns and have scored 2 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

Wuhan Three TownsA. Yakubu
A. Yakubu
13 goals
Pohang SteelersJ. de Carvalho
J. de Carvalho
10 goals
SteelersGo Young-jun
Go Young-jun
8 goals

Pohang Steelers missing players

Wuhan Three Towns missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pohang Steelers Wuhan Three Towns
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
14 10   Won W   4 10
9 2   Drew D   3 7
2 1   Lost L   6 8
45 27   Scored S   22 44
26 14   Conceded C   19 34
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
76% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 84%
48% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 60%
32% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 36%
20% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 20%
64% 69%   BTTS BTTS   77% 72%
32% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 20%
16% 15%   Failed to Score F T   8% 12%
 
4 3.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 4.5
4.2 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.5
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.6
1 0   Red cards R C   4 4
 
14 16.5   Shots (avg) S (   14.1 15.4
5.4 6.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.5 5.5
33% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%
 
9.9 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 10.8
3.8 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pohang Steelers 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 4 6
2 Urawa Reds 2 1 1 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 6 4
3 Wuhan Three Towns 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
4 Ha Noi 2 0 0 2 2 10 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 -8 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ulsan 32 20 6 6 56 36 15 10 3 2 31 18 17 10 3 4 25 18 20 66
2 Pohang Steelers 32 15 13 4 48 34 17 11 4 2 30 18 15 4 9 2 18 16 14 58
3 Gwangju 32 14 9 9 44 30 15 7 3 5 23 11 17 7 6 4 21 19 14 51
4 Daegu 32 12 12 8 36 34 15 6 7 2 17 13 17 6 5 6 19 21 2 48
5 Seoul 32 12 11 9 55 40 16 6 7 3 29 18 16 6 4 6 26 22 15 47
6 Incheon United 32 12 11 9 38 37 17 6 7 4 20 16 15 6 4 5 18 21 1 47
7 Jeonbuk Motors 32 13 7 12 37 31 17 9 3 5 24 16 15 4 4 7 13 15 6 46
8 Daejeon Citizen 32 10 12 10 48 52 15 7 4 4 23 21 17 3 8 6 25 31 -4 42
9 Jeju United 32 9 8 15 39 44 16 4 6 6 18 20 16 5 2 9 21 24 -5 35
10 Suwon 32 8 6 18 35 63 16 4 4 8 20 30 16 4 2 10 15 33 -28 30
11 Gangwon 32 4 14 14 25 37 17 2 7 8 15 22 15 2 7 6 10 15 -12 26
12 Suwon Bluewings 32 5 7 20 28 51 16 2 3 11 12 24 16 3 4 9 16 27 -23 22
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shanghai SIPG 27 18 5 4 56 25 13 8 3 2 26 16 14 10 2 2 30 9 31 59
2 Shandong Luneng 27 14 9 4 50 23 14 11 2 1 36 9 13 3 7 3 14 14 27 51
3 Hangzhou 27 14 6 7 48 31 14 8 2 4 23 13 13 6 4 3 25 18 17 48
4 Shanghai Shenhua 27 14 6 7 31 28 14 8 4 2 17 12 13 6 2 5 14 16 3 48
5 Beijing Guoan 27 12 9 6 46 31 14 8 4 2 29 13 13 4 5 4 17 18 15 45
6 Chengdu Qianbao 27 12 8 7 41 30 13 7 3 3 21 14 14 5 5 4 20 16 11 44
7 Wuhan Three Towns 27 11 9 7 43 31 14 6 5 3 21 16 13 5 4 4 22 15 12 42
8 Tianjin Teda 27 9 14 4 33 26 14 5 9 0 21 15 13 4 5 4 12 11 7 41
9 Changchun Yatai 27 10 8 9 40 40 13 6 5 2 23 18 14 4 3 7 17 22 0 38
10 Meizhou Hakka 27 9 6 12 41 46 13 7 2 4 24 16 14 2 4 8 17 30 -5 33
11 Henan Jianye 27 8 8 11 30 34 13 6 5 2 18 10 14 2 3 9 12 24 -4 32
12 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 27 8 6 13 28 48 14 5 3 6 15 20 13 3 3 7 13 28 -20 30
13 Qingdao Jonoon 27 7 5 15 31 39 13 7 2 4 22 17 14 0 3 11 9 22 -8 26
14 Nantong Zhiyun 27 3 10 14 21 39 13 2 4 7 9 19 14 1 6 7 12 20 -18 19
15 Dalian Yifang 27 3 10 14 20 39 13 3 7 3 12 14 14 0 3 11 8 25 -19 19
16 Shenzhen 27 3 3 21 22 71 14 3 1 10 12 30 13 0 2 11 10 41 -49 12

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pohang Steelers 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 4 6
2 Urawa Reds 2 1 1 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 6 4
3 Wuhan Three Towns 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
4 Ha Noi 2 0 0 2 2 10 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 -8 0

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